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Craig and Karen Ruhl
Founders of Faith On Every Corner Karen is a Professional Photographer, Photojournalist and Stock Photographer, Graphic Designer, and Marketing Specialist. She began taking photos as a young girl. As an adult, she had mentors work with her, teaching her both film and digital photography. She has also taken many photography courses to continue to learn her craft. Karen's images have been used in collateral material for local, regional and national clients. Her work has been featured in magazines and on billboards. Karen’s articles and photos have been featured on the front page of several newspapers in Ohio. Karen is also a published author and speaker. Karen is the Editor-in-Chief, Writer, Publisher, and Photographer for Faith On Every Corner, a digital magazine. Craig is the Senior Editor and Business Manager of Faith On Every Corner. He writes articles for the magazine and is forming the digital book group that will be a regular feature of our magazine and website. Reading and writing have been his life long passions. After retiring from a career in business ownership and management, he now focuses his gifts and talents on spreading the good news of Jesus Christ through Faith On Every Corner. When not working, Craig enjoys road trips with Karen, photography, and collecting and using fountain and dip pens. |
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Peter Caligiuri
Life has a funny way of giving us some unexpected detours and my wife Nancy and I have had more than a few. Originally starting training as a pastor, and then getting my degree in teaching, I planned on at least one of those roads, but God led us by another way. Ultimately I served for 14-15 years as a lay pastor in a small church and ran a small business, because as I would sometimes tell people, “Lay” is a Greek word for, “doesn’t get paid!”. But of all the roads I’ve gone down, none has been more dear, than the thirty-five years I have volunteered in the nursing home ministry. Now in retirement, Nancy and I are getting ready to celebrate 50 wonderful and crazy years together. We have two sons, six lively grandsons, and one wonderful granddaughter! I love to write about nursing home ministry, as well as practical devotionals, poetry, and even a few songs. |
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Steve Carter. After accepting Christ as savior fifty years ago my journey includes Bible College Graduate, Military and Hospice Chaplain, musician and of late Poet/Writer. Forever an endurance athlete, my crowning achievement is to have pedaled a bicycle and recumbent trike across the continental United States twice.
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Gina Barton Sewell is a writer who lives in Mckinney, Tx. She has four sons and five grandchildren. Originally from Breckenridge, Texas, she moved to Mckinney two years ago to marry her first love, Spike, after being apart for many years. She received her degree in accounting, but inevitably came back to her love of writing.
God has done so much for her in her life. She has suffered much loss, but along with that came many miracles. She found herself in a world she did not belong in and God gave her the strength and the hope and everything she needed to turn her life around. She writes about her journey to inspire and encourage others, giving all the glory to God. Her blog, Greatly Emboldened, can be found at www.ginabartonsewell.com. When she's not writing, she enjoys serving her church and community and spending time with her family. www.facebook.com/ginabartonsewell www.facebook.com/gina.meredith5 www.twitter.com/@spikeswife18 www.instagram.com/ginabartonsewell |
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Andrea Marino
With a yearning to uncover the secret to life, Andrea embarked on a journey to discover truth. The study of Psychology proved inadequate, while the forces of darkness began to make their presence known. The Hobble, from Ai to Bethel encompasses Andrea’s personal victory over fear and bondage to the enemy. Passionate in sharing God’s Good News about Jesus, the author desires to encourage people to never lose hope. Because we all ‘hobble’ before God in need of Him. When not writing, Andrea loves spending time with her children and grandchildren, and enjoys cycling on the open roads with her husband, David.
With a yearning to uncover the secret to life, Andrea embarked on a journey to discover truth. The study of Psychology proved inadequate, while the forces of darkness began to make their presence known. The Hobble, from Ai to Bethel encompasses Andrea’s personal victory over fear and bondage to the enemy. Passionate in sharing God’s Good News about Jesus, the author desires to encourage people to never lose hope. Because we all ‘hobble’ before God in need of Him. When not writing, Andrea loves spending time with her children and grandchildren, and enjoys cycling on the open roads with her husband, David.
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Yvonne Morgan
Besides author, my names include wife, mom, and grandmother. My children include two grown daughters and one son who lives with Jesus. I enjoy my role as Bebe to three beautiful granddaughters. My passions include missions work and sharing the amazing stories of how we can find Christ in the ordinary. Through my mission work, I started a charity, which cares for orphans in Nepal and Myanmar. When not on the mission field, I write full time. I hope my stories can help you see God in ordinary events in life and inspire you to reach out as the hands and feet of Christ to others. Blog at Turningmountainsintomolehills.org Twitter: @ymmauthor Website: Yvonne-Morgan.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YMMauthor/ Books: Turning Mountains into Molehills (2017) Rest in God Prayer Journal (9-2020) Faith, Hope, and Love in a Broken World (12-2020) |
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John Alexander lives in Frisco, Texas with his beautiful wife and his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel.
John spent his childhood in a small town in east Texas. He attended college at the University of Texas earning degrees in Physics and Math, then spent many years developing innovative communications systems. While still working, he began writing fiction in his spare time and published The Enclave, a mystery/suspense novel, in 2010. Since leaving high tech in 2014, he now spends full time pursuing his writing passion. John writes children’s books to capture their imagination and help them discover the love of reading early in life. He especially loves writing books that help elementary school children discover that reading is a fun adventure. The chapter books in the Amber-Autumn mystery series, including Christmas Garden, Grandfather’s Blessing, Golden Campout, and The Secret Room appeal to elementary school children. His first picture book, Words That Soar, won first place at the 2019 North Texas Book Festival. The Christmas Gift, published by Elk Lake Publishing, Inc, came out in 2019 and was a finalist in the 2020 North Texas Book Festival. His latest children’s book, The Young Artist, An Unpicture Book, was just released in November 2020. John discovered his love for rhyme and released his debut book of poetry, Timeless Tales, in 2018. His latest book of poetry, Quiet Time Rhymes: Peace in the Pandemic, released August 2020, contains poems written during the pandemic offering prayers of hope and encouragement, heartfelt cries to God, and words of encouragement. He continues to write and share rhymes on his blog at https://quiettimerhymes.com. |
Author, Sharon K. Connell has lived in many places across the United States. She retired from the clerical/medical field in 2012, and now writes full time. Sharon lives with her husband in Houston, Texas from where she writes Christian Romance Suspense, containing a bit of mystery and as much humor as she can get into a story. She has three grown children, and eight grandchildren, all living elsewhere in the country.
Sharon attended college in Illinois, graduated from the Pensacola Bible Institute in Florida, and holds a certificate in fiction writing from the International Writing Program through the University of Iowa.
Besides visiting all but six states in the United States, her travels have taken her to Canada and Mexico. The experiences she’s had while visiting and living in these areas has been invaluable in her writing.
Sharon is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, Scribes Critique Group, Houston Writers Guild, and CyFair Writers. She is the founder of the global Facebook Christian Writers & Readers group forum. Her monthly newsletter, Novel Thoughts, goes out every month to its subscribers in all parts of the world, featuring helpful information for writers and readers.
Website www.authorsharonkconnell.com
Sharon attended college in Illinois, graduated from the Pensacola Bible Institute in Florida, and holds a certificate in fiction writing from the International Writing Program through the University of Iowa.
Besides visiting all but six states in the United States, her travels have taken her to Canada and Mexico. The experiences she’s had while visiting and living in these areas has been invaluable in her writing.
Sharon is a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers, Scribes Critique Group, Houston Writers Guild, and CyFair Writers. She is the founder of the global Facebook Christian Writers & Readers group forum. Her monthly newsletter, Novel Thoughts, goes out every month to its subscribers in all parts of the world, featuring helpful information for writers and readers.
Website www.authorsharonkconnell.com
Joseph Akinrinola lives in Lagos, Nigeria, with his wife and four adorable children. He served with the gospel faith mission international for over three decades. Besides, he is a Sunday school coach, an author, a blogger, and a freelance. He has served in Sunday school for over three decades. His friends and students call him “Mr. Sunday school”. Joseph has published five books with two classics titled “effective Sunday school management made simple and effective Sunday school teacher.”
While with the Gospel Faith Mission International, he was a regional coordinator. He oversees the activities of the Sunday school in over a hundred and twenty churches. Then, he sat on the extended board of his Sunday school writing the weekly and daily devotionals read by over 2 million readers globally. Currently, he is the pastor of a new church, the Levites chapel international, Lagos, Nigeria.
His passion is to reach young people with the Bible truth about relationships, Christian lifestyle, and personal development. This informs the creation of his blog, www.thewisdombase.com. In addition, he writes for online and international magazines. He is a member of Amnesty International.
While with the Gospel Faith Mission International, he was a regional coordinator. He oversees the activities of the Sunday school in over a hundred and twenty churches. Then, he sat on the extended board of his Sunday school writing the weekly and daily devotionals read by over 2 million readers globally. Currently, he is the pastor of a new church, the Levites chapel international, Lagos, Nigeria.
His passion is to reach young people with the Bible truth about relationships, Christian lifestyle, and personal development. This informs the creation of his blog, www.thewisdombase.com. In addition, he writes for online and international magazines. He is a member of Amnesty International.
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Nicole Byrum is an independently licensed marriage and family therapist from Van Wert, Ohio. She is the author of Remade: Living Free, a book inspired from her work with women in recovery from substance abuse. Since writing Remade, she and her son created a workbook for kids entitled H2H…Haughty to Humble. Most recently, she published her third work, Welcome Home, a short 10 lesson book about creating a home culture of emotional safety and joy. She and her husband, Greg, have been married for 18 years and have two children ages 13 and 11. In her free time she enjoys running, thrift store shopping, and cheering on her kids at their various sporting events. Nicole also maintains a website which features her blog as well as her podcast, 5 Minute Word (you can check it out at nicolebyrum.com). She is also the co-host of The Biblical Woman podcast with Catherine Cooley.
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Melissa Henderson is a writer of inspirational messages. Her first book for children, “Licky the Lizard”, was released in 2018. She also has a story in the compilations “Heaven Sightings” and “Remembering Christmas”. She contributes articles and devotions to various magazines and websites. Her passions are helping in community and church. Melissa is an Elder, Deacon and Stephen Minister. She and her husband Alan moved from Virginia to South Carolina to be near son, daughter-in-love and first grandchild. The family motto is “It’s Always A Story With The Hendersons”.
Follow Melissa on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and at http://www.melissaghenderson.com
Melissa Henderson, Award-Winning Author
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Dr. Kathleen B. Oden is an author, missionary, and Bible teacher. She has been the Administrator of God’s House of Refuge Church & School of Evangelism, for 25 years. Dr. Oden attained a Doctorate degree in Christian Theology in 2000. After a bad fall in 2014, she realized that she had to start eating healthy, in order to fully recover. She became a Certified Health Minister and a Certified Essential Oil Coach. She loves ministering to people and God gave her a health ministry called, Create AnewU Health Ministry. Her health ministry has opened the door for her to share what the WORD OF GOD has to say about eating healthy. Dr. Oden has published over 20 books through Amazon.com and several of them are about health and wellness. https://createanewuhealthministry.com
Michael E. Wells has a passion for writing letters of Christian encouragement. With poetic style and moving messages, the reader is often comforted and consoled, inspired, and refreshed. Since his retirement from Federal Service in 2006, most mornings are spent penning letters of the heart. Tucked away in the foothills of Pennsylvania, he leads an idyllic lifestyle in a pastoral setting. This backdrop helps to set both mood and message for his many writings. You can find his book, “Morning Coffee with Words For The Day” at Amazon.com.
Dr. Irene Surya grew up in a God fearing family where spiritual truths were taught to her as a child. This helped her to know more about God and His Word.
She has been through tough times in life where she found the needed peace and comfort in God. During these times, when she poured out her heart to God, few lines of poems used to spring up in her heart and she considers writing as a God given ability to inspire and encourage others for the Lord. Although she used to pen down few poems earlier, she took to prolific writing in the year 2019. She is an award winning author of her book, In Solitude With God, and her writings have been published in various magazines and anthologies.
Her husband with his secular job is in the leadership of a local church. She serves the Lord with her husband in the church and in the ministry. She has two daughters and she loves to see them growing up in the fear of the Lord.
She holds a doctorate in engineering and on the professional front, she works as a research analyst for a research firm.
She has been through tough times in life where she found the needed peace and comfort in God. During these times, when she poured out her heart to God, few lines of poems used to spring up in her heart and she considers writing as a God given ability to inspire and encourage others for the Lord. Although she used to pen down few poems earlier, she took to prolific writing in the year 2019. She is an award winning author of her book, In Solitude With God, and her writings have been published in various magazines and anthologies.
Her husband with his secular job is in the leadership of a local church. She serves the Lord with her husband in the church and in the ministry. She has two daughters and she loves to see them growing up in the fear of the Lord.
She holds a doctorate in engineering and on the professional front, she works as a research analyst for a research firm.